1966 Boston Red Sox season

The 1966 Boston Red Sox season was the 66th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished ninth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 26 games behind the AL and World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. After this season, the Red Sox would not lose 90 games again until 2012.

1966 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Dick O'Connell
Manager(s)Billy Herman (W-64; L-82) and Pete Runnels (W-8; L-8)
Local televisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Mel Parnell)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9763 0.606 — 48–31 49–32
Minnesota Twins 8973 0.549 9 49–32 40–41
Detroit Tigers 8874 0.543 10 42–39 46–35
Chicago White Sox 8379 0.512 15 45–36 38–43
Cleveland Indians 8181 0.500 17 41–40 40–41
California Angels 8082 0.494 18 42–39 38–43
Kansas City Athletics 7486 0.463 23 42–39 32–47
Washington Senators 7188 0.447 25½ 42–36 29–52
Boston Red Sox 7290 0.444 26 40–41 32–49
New York Yankees 7089 0.440 26½ 35–46 35–43

Record vs. opponents
1966 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —12–612–69–98–109–911–510–815–311–7
Boston 6–12—9–911–77–118–109–96–128–108–10
California 6–129–9—8–1010–89–99–911–711–77–11
Chicago 9–97–1110–8—11–78–1013–54–149–9–112–6
Cleveland 10–811–78–107–11—9–96–129–912–69–9
Detroit 9–910–89–910–89–9—6–1211–711–713–5
Kansas City 5–119–99–95–1312–612–6—8–105–139–9
Minnesota 8–1012–67–1114–49–97–1110–8—8–1014–4
New York 3–1510–87–119–9–16–127–1113–510–8—5–10
Washington 7–1110–811–76–129–95–139–94–1410–5—

Opening Day lineup
14George Smith2B
24George ThomasCF
  8Carl Yastrzemski    LF
25Tony ConigliaroRF
  5George Scott3B
11Tony Horton1B
  6Rico PetrocelliSS
22Mike RyanC
26Earl WilsonP

Notable transactions
  • June 6, 1966: Galen Cisco was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[3]
  • June 14, 1966: Joe Christopher and Earl Wilson were traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Don Demeter and a player to be named later. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Julio Navarro to the Red Sox on June 21.[2]

Roster
1966 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • 26 Earl Wilson
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Managers

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CMike Ryan11636979.214232
1BGeorge Scott162601147.2452790
2BGeorge Smith12840386.213837
3BJoe Foy151554145.2621563
SSRico Petrocelli139522124.2381859
LFCarl Yastrzemski160594165.2781680
CFDon Demeter7322666.292929
RFTony Conigliaro150558148.2652893

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Dalton Jones11525259.234423
Bob Tillman7820447.230324
Jose Tartabull6819554.277011
George Thomas6117341.237520
Lenny Green8513332.241112
Eddie Kasko5813629.213112
Jim Gosger4012632.254517
Reggie Smith6264.15400
Tony Horton6223.13602
Mike Andrews5183.16700
Joe Christopher12131.07700

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Lonborg45181.210103.86131
Jose Santiago35172.012133.66119
Lee Stange28153.1793.3577
Earl Wilson15100.2553.8467
Dennis Bennett1675.0333.2477
Jerry Stephenson1566.1255.8350

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rollie Sheldon2379.2164.9738
Ken Sanders2447.1363.8033
Bob Sadowski1133.1115.4011
Hank Fischer631.0232.9026
Dave Morehead1228.0125.4620
Dick Radatz1619.0024.7419
Bill Short88.1004.322
Pete Magrini37.1019.823
Guido Grilli64.2017.714
Garry Roggenburk10.1000.000

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Don McMahon498792.6557
Bucky Brandon408823.31101
Dick Stigman342105.4465
John Wyatt423483.1463
Dan Osinski444323.6144

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Dick Williams
AA Pittsfield Red Sox Eastern League Eddie Popowski
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Dave Philley
A Oneonta Red Sox New York–Penn League Matt Sczesny
Rookie Covington Red Sox Appalachian League Rac Slider

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toronto

Notes
  1. Jimy Williams page at Baseball Reference
  2. Joe Christopher page at Baseball Reference
  3. Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1966 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1966 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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